UniFi Broadband - A General Overview

TM is a company that features a bright growth prospect. Just a glimpse into UniFi, its most popular broadband service will attest to this observation. The package offers numerous options. Most of them are in the experimental stage. However, the company has started offering this improvement and freedom of choice in certain parts of the country.

What to expect?

Following is an overview of the things the company asks its subscribers to expect in future.

1. Utmost flexibility and increased mobility

Telecom Malaysia promises that its users would be allowed more freedom of choice with the addition of the two and more new variants to its service package.  The first one, already prevalent in certain parts of the country is the 30MB per second package.

2.  The ability to forego Hypp TV

The company always stands behind its three-dimensional stand. It feels that it offers users an easy option to enjoy their favorite channels. Besides, the package is less expensive when compared to its competitors.

3.  Expansion into the mobile market

TM also aspires to expand into the mobile market. This, it feels will enable the firm to take advantage of the P1 capabilities so as to increase its broadband speed. Even though TM does not offer much details into its aspirations here, reports say that this will happen by the next year.  In such an instance, consumers will be able to pay their P1 and UniFi bill through a single window.

Issues the company faces

TM also touched up on some of the obstacles it faces in its attempts to extend its coverage. They include the following.

1.  Unfriendly buildings

The company, in its briefing to the media stated that certain houses are not friendly to the broadband services. This stresses the importance of the role developer’s play in ensuring Internet coverage throughout the entire nation.

2. Lack of demand

The firm also asks its users to ensure more demand. This is a must for it to be able to invest in its effort to increase its coverage. 

3. The condition of existing subscribers

Another concern the company addresses is the situation of current subscribers when it starts rolling out its “all-new” packages. For a few months, users may be allowed to stay with their VIP plan. However, the plan will meet its end in the near future. The dates are not mentioned. TM will inform its UniFi subscribers of the options available. The firm also promises to make the change as smooth as possible.

4. The 24-month contract

During the press conference, media also requested a response from the company for another concern; the 24-month contract for new registrations. The firm promised to look into the matter and update users accordingly.

It is true that UniFi would undergo dramatic changes in the near future. But, there is no choice, but to wait and see the effect at the moment. Whatever is the scenario, one thing is sure; users can expect more coverage, ease of payment and better Internet speed within a few months. The promise can be trusted; TM is a company with years of service in the field. It is known to exceed user expectations all the time.

Fibre Optic Cables - The Future of Internet

The ever-increasing volume of data being transmitted through the Internet has always been a concern for scientists all over the world. But, there is good news for us who live in the worldwide web. Fibre optic cables hold the online future of the world safely in their hands. As a Maxis subscriber, you have the right to know the latest developments in the field. Here are some of the record-breaking innovations science has made in the matter.

Breaking 100-terabits per second Internet speed limit
Until recently, technicians believed that the maximum speed fibre optic cables offer is 100 terabits per second. But, two teams of researchers have found out ways to break this belief. While one group created new channels within the cable, the other altered the frequency of the light being used. The former team was able to send 101.7terabits of data per second while the latter went even farther; 109 terabits per second. The trouble is that 100 terabits per second is multiple times faster than an individual consumer can expect. 100 TBPS will show 3 HD videos for a month without any interruption.

250 TBPS
As years go by, technology takes the Internet to new heights. This time, it is the invention of a technique enabling telecom companies to send up to 250 TBPS. According to engineers, this is more than the amount of data flowing through the Internet during peak hours. If this becomes available to an end-user, a 1GB movie will get transferred to your computer from a website within 0.03 milliseconds. This was made possible by adding more fibers into the current single-layer one. This they say would replace the present single-layered cable network. However, integrating the innovation into the infrastructure is going to be a difficult job. The industry will have to replace cables spreading millions of miles.

Limit exists just in imagination
Reports say that even the limit mentioned earlier is an imagination. A group of engineers were able to prove this observation. In fact, they increased the Internet speed up to 20 times more than what is available at present. The great thing is that these scientists were able to change the general characteristic of optic fibre cables. According to them, if the power becomes too much, the LACER lights starts interfering with each other. At the end, the signal gets quite low that the information becomes unavailable.

The frequency comb
Scientists decided to address this concern. They developed a technique called whitebands (frequency combs). They adjust the streams of data being sent through the cable in such a way that the distortion at every stage became predictable. The end receiver was able to decode this signals into recognizable information.  Engineers feel that this needs much improvement. However, they are optimistic that in the near future, these findings would help service providers handle the ever-increasing traffic on the Internet.

Research has moved into different directions. But, the interesting thing is that our networks are not equipped to handle this sheer increase in volume. The current maximum data fibre optic cables can handle will exceed the demands of the worldwide web today. All this will have to wait at least for a few years before coming into existence.